Amherst College Mammoths
2021-2022 SEASON PREVIEW
- First season with competition under head coach Busani Xaba
- Extensive turnover on both men’s and women’s rosters creates open opportunities for new roster additions
- Women’s team aiming to reach Kurtz Cup (B Division) play after winning Summers Cup (C Division) in 2020
- Men’s team will battle with several other NESCAC foes for conference accolades and Top-20 national positioning
Head Coach: Busani Xaba
Assistant Coach: Thijs van der Pluijm
Women’s Team Captains: Keeley Osborn, Lily Soroko
Men’s Team Captains: Andrew Leung, Charlie Sutherby
Women’s Team Roster Updates
Returning Players: Daksha Pathak, Lauren Weil, Lilly Soroko, Margaret Werner, Keeley Osborn, Emma Spencer, Kathryn Parker,
Graduated/Non-Returning Starting Players: Caroline Conway, Riddhi Sampat, Pierson Klein, Katherine Correia, Jenna Finkelstein
Additions to 2021-2022 Roster: Tana Delalio, Callie Delalio, Margaret Pearson, Blair Englert, Isabelle Tilney-Sandberg, Supriya Chang, Tanmai Pathak, Fances Burton
Men’s Team Roster Updates
Returning Players: Robinson Armour, Charlie Sutherby, Adam Lichtmacher, Terrence Wang, Nathaniel Mosse, Andrew Leung, Pavan Nagaraj, Rohil Bathija, John Grissom, Shayan Hussain, Alexander Schwartz
Graduated/Non-Returning Starting Players: Robert Parker, Reggie Brewster, Christopher Zimmerman, Mitchell Ford
Additions to 2021-2022 Roster: Ben Goldstein, Matthew Granovsky, Abhimanyu Gupta, Walter Huffman, Neal Malani, Kedar Nagaraj, Yeshwin Sankuratri, Kaetu Wleh
Team Goal: Team leadership to learn how to communicate about DEI. Doing the best we can for each other.
Women’s Key Matches: Franklin & Marshall, Bates, Middlebury, Tufts
Men’s Key Matches: Navy, Bowdoin, Colby, Bates
To read season previews for other CSA teams, please visit the 2021-2022 College Squash Season Previews page.
